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this is for foreign policy geeks, the u.n. general assembly is a foreign policy super bowl in its own right. it was a speech. it wasn't a huge speech. he's not spends a local of time there this week. he's very much in election mode. he's really passing through. he had, you know, earlier remarks with them and beyoban a >> the word at least was make this a account do no harm" speech but the president did take some risks directing a harder line at iran if you can call it that. >> yeah. i think he may have been responding to some of the criticisms. i don't think that that's a worry. you can see the president is doing pretty well in a very tough and very sensitive situation over the past few weeks. still it's a sensitive situation and a sensitive speech. >> we're going to get that bill clinton sound bite on. he was on morning joe this morning. in the meantime let me bring in nationally syndicated talk show host who's also an msnbc contributor. michael, i have to wonder. when you look at the most popular stories today, it it is ref
this is for foreign policy geeks, the u.n. general assembly is a foreign policy super bowl in its own right. it was a speech. it wasn't a huge speech. he's not spends a local of time there this week. he's very much in election mode. he's really passing through. he had, you know, earlier remarks with them and beyoban a >> the word at least was make this a account do no harm" speech but the president did take some risks directing a harder line at iran if you can call it that. >>...
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because the u.n. is where you get to see countries go insane. whether it's khrushchev attack inindividualable table gnomes with his fist or qaddafi dressed like tyne daly throwing the charter around or hugo chavez complaining about the room's air quality. >> today the devil came here, right here. >> right here. and it smells of sulfur still today. >> jon: smells of sulfur pretty bold move of then president bush specifically since the charter specifically says that he who smellt it-- (laughter) shall be considered to have dealt it. anyway, given that history, the current state of the world, everyone was expecting some high drama during this week's session. >> and now to that showdown over iran. >> all eyes are on the united nation. >> fiery rhetoric from the iranian president. >> next up of course the showdown over iran. we'll see it all play out at the united nations. >> jon: it's on, world war iii, president obama opened so he had a chance to draw first blood. >> the iran yen government continues to prop up a dictator in damascus and supports t
because the u.n. is where you get to see countries go insane. whether it's khrushchev attack inindividualable table gnomes with his fist or qaddafi dressed like tyne daly throwing the charter around or hugo chavez complaining about the room's air quality. >> today the devil came here, right here. >> right here. and it smells of sulfur still today. >> jon: smells of sulfur pretty bold move of then president bush specifically since the charter specifically says that he who...
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hour the lectern at the u.n. general assembly will belong to one of the world's most device sieve leaders. the brez of ghana. the person i'm peeking of none other than mahmoud amadinejad. you've heard of him. he's about to make his final address as the president of iran. it is not going to be standing room only especially since the u.s. delegation has just decided that it's going to boycott the whole process. not walk out, don't even walk in in the first place. here is the explanation that the u.s. delegation gave us. i'm going to read verbatim. spokeswoman erin pelton says i quote, mr. amadinejad once again uses his trip of the u.n. not to address the legitimate aspirations of the iranian people but to spout paranoid theories and repulsive slurs against israel. does not seem to be much need to read between any of those lines. in the past years western and israeli envoys have decided to come in but then do this walk right out again once amadinejad speaks. this was the scene in 2009. there they go. up and out. the
hour the lectern at the u.n. general assembly will belong to one of the world's most device sieve leaders. the brez of ghana. the person i'm peeking of none other than mahmoud amadinejad. you've heard of him. he's about to make his final address as the president of iran. it is not going to be standing room only especially since the u.s. delegation has just decided that it's going to boycott the whole process. not walk out, don't even walk in in the first place. here is the explanation that the...
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he goes to the u.n. and says video, video, video, video after his own people before he went to the u.n. had begun to acknowledge that it was a terrorist attack. that to me is disingenuous. frankly what is puzzling is what they could possibly have thought they would gain by going through this. i think that just reinforces the incompetent component. >> greta: you know, i've been to think what could possibly be the explanation, because, i mean, it is bizarre that the american people weren't told. i mean, everybody was sort of suspicious, you know, because of when it happened, although, you know, the facts may bear out something different, but naturally it looked like it from the get-go. i'm wondering if there's a political advantage, that he thinks it's better if we think al-qaeda is pretty much finished and have al-qaeda rear its ugly ahead even as a relationship to this group, if that's politically unattractive, i mean that is a possibility? >> greta, i have no idea what this president does or doesn't --
he goes to the u.n. and says video, video, video, video after his own people before he went to the u.n. had begun to acknowledge that it was a terrorist attack. that to me is disingenuous. frankly what is puzzling is what they could possibly have thought they would gain by going through this. i think that just reinforces the incompetent component. >> greta: you know, i've been to think what could possibly be the explanation, because, i mean, it is bizarre that the american people weren't...
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well, there were all sorts of expectations that mahmoud ahmadinejad would go after the bang at the u.n. this week. after all, his final address as president of iran, but he didn't, at least not at the u.n., saving most of his rhetoric for media interviews. ahmadinejad was relatively tamed compared to earlier years. he was insistent that his nation was committed to peace. jim walsh, an expert at international security at mit joins me now and, jim, what was your take on this speech? >> well, deb, i think you're right. i expected, as happens every year, ahmadinejad, well, i expect many different ahmadinejads. i expect the ones that has meetings like the two meetings i attended is kindler and gentler and the one that speaks in front of the general assembly is fiery to speak to that audience back home in iran or send the message to the world and didn't happen. he was pretty tame all throughout. i think what we were getting was a message of, we're reasonable and we're willing to talk and that sort of sets the stage for what will happen the u.s. election and early next year. >> you know, jim,
well, there were all sorts of expectations that mahmoud ahmadinejad would go after the bang at the u.n. this week. after all, his final address as president of iran, but he didn't, at least not at the u.n., saving most of his rhetoric for media interviews. ahmadinejad was relatively tamed compared to earlier years. he was insistent that his nation was committed to peace. jim walsh, an expert at international security at mit joins me now and, jim, what was your take on this speech? >>...
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it makes the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon very powerful and important and the only person our president decided to meet with formally while he was here at the u.n. yesterday. so in what is arguably the busiest week for arguably one of the most important men in the world, alina cho spent a whole lot of time. >> a couple of hours. >> i can't believe it. on the opening day of the u.n.ga you get this incredible access to this man. >> incredibly lucky. >> we were traveling in his convoy. we started at his residence at 7:30 in the morning. >> unbelievable. >> it was incredible access. i have to thank the secretary general's office for that. it was unprecedented. you know what the unga is like. it's so busy that the secretary general likens it to speed dating. >> speed dating? zblb his words. you know, he is a man that every world leader wants to meet and ban ki-moon is more than accommodating. such a nice man. he takes hundreds of meetings, thousands of hand shakes, and very little sleep during this pe
it makes the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon very powerful and important and the only person our president decided to meet with formally while he was here at the u.n. yesterday. so in what is arguably the busiest week for arguably one of the most important men in the world, alina cho spent a whole lot of time. >> a couple of hours. >> i can't believe it. on the opening day of the u.n.ga you get this incredible access to this man. >> incredibly lucky. >> we were...
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(laughter) anyway, king abdullah, of course, he is in new york city for the u.n. general assembly, or, as we like to think of it, the reason i can't get to work because of traffic! (laughter) the event has s a gathering in the international juggalos. with libya in turmoil, syria in flames, iran on the verge of a nuclear weapon, an incredible opportunity for our president not just to address the world community but for some high-level pres-on-pres action. >> the white house says he has no plans to have any private leadings with world leaders. >> jon: oh. (laughter) well, that's-- probably protocol. it's not the time for one-on-one meetings with other world leaders! >> our research shows it's been 20 years since a president has been to that meeting and not met one on one with a foreign leader. (audience reacts). >> jon: oh. (laughter) well, i guess if the world leaders would like to meet with him personally they can just donate $5 to his campaign and take their chances like the rest of us. (laughter) seriously. i'm sure there's a good reason why president obama's no
(laughter) anyway, king abdullah, of course, he is in new york city for the u.n. general assembly, or, as we like to think of it, the reason i can't get to work because of traffic! (laughter) the event has s a gathering in the international juggalos. with libya in turmoil, syria in flames, iran on the verge of a nuclear weapon, an incredible opportunity for our president not just to address the world community but for some high-level pres-on-pres action. >> the white house says he has no...
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mini u.n. before the u.n. begins. what are you hoping to accomplish? >> well, first i think it's important that this year we're focusing much more rigorously on how to do these things everybody wants to do. the design for impact sounds like a disembodied slogan, but what it really means is if you think about every objective you want to achieve before you build a building, set up a supply route, start a social program, it makes a big difference. in the opening session, we're going to have some heads of state and the secretary-general of the u.n., head of the world bank, but mike duke, the president of walmart is going to be there because walmart is the number one producer of solar power of all the corporations in america. they even have wind mills at a couple of their stores. they think this is a good investment, so they're glad they're on the cutting edge of the fight against climate change, but they think it will save them money, save their customers money, create more jobs, and they designed it from the beginning. they planned in the beginning to do
mini u.n. before the u.n. begins. what are you hoping to accomplish? >> well, first i think it's important that this year we're focusing much more rigorously on how to do these things everybody wants to do. the design for impact sounds like a disembodied slogan, but what it really means is if you think about every objective you want to achieve before you build a building, set up a supply route, start a social program, it makes a big difference. in the opening session, we're going to have...
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>> greta: president obama hit up the u.n. general assembly today, but you can count on one hand how many world leaders he met with today. that number he met with privately is zero. could snubbing world leaders hurt him with voters? we're back with our political panel. does it really make any difference do you think politically whether he meets with world leaders or not this week? >> well, it clearly has given how much attention this has gotten. i don't know if the obama campaign was anticipating that this would become such a big deal. i think that president obama thinks that he's sort of wins on foreign policy against romney, and he doesn't really draw more attention to all the unrest in the middle east that's going on right now, but, you know, pairing his visit with going on "the view" obviously was really bad optics. the campaign is sort of trying to backtrack that, saying it was a scheduling matter, both events were in new york, so he tried to be efficient with his time. it's sort of just a lose-lose situation for him. if
>> greta: president obama hit up the u.n. general assembly today, but you can count on one hand how many world leaders he met with today. that number he met with privately is zero. could snubbing world leaders hurt him with voters? we're back with our political panel. does it really make any difference do you think politically whether he meets with world leaders or not this week? >> well, it clearly has given how much attention this has gotten. i don't know if the obama campaign was...
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when the president goes to the u.n. general assembly he doesn't have a lot of time to meet with the israelis. i've been involved in 8 of the last previous plannings for the president coming to the u.n. under president bush. the simple fact is united states gets to meet with whomever they want to meet with. everybody is requesting to meet you. it's a silly argument we didn't get a formal request to meet in new york and we're going miss each other in washington. if you want the to meet with the israelis, you want to meet with the pakistanis you get to meet with them. >> jon: is the media defending the president on this, kirsten? >> it depends on who you talk to. i think the administration is maintaining they didn't get a request. you know, it's i defer to judy on this who told me they didn't but the question has to be raised what exactly is the obama administration supposed to do. are they supposed to agree to go to war with iran. that is conversation that needs to be had but it's a tit-for-tat what are we talking about h
when the president goes to the u.n. general assembly he doesn't have a lot of time to meet with the israelis. i've been involved in 8 of the last previous plannings for the president coming to the u.n. under president bush. the simple fact is united states gets to meet with whomever they want to meet with. everybody is requesting to meet you. it's a silly argument we didn't get a formal request to meet in new york and we're going miss each other in washington. if you want the to meet with the...
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. >> greta: the headlines, "obama comes to new york for barbara walters, and sort of u.n." why isn't he meeting with anybody? >> i think it's a comment on the depth of his arrogance. i think this is a person that doesn't care what the world thinks, doesn't care what the american people thinks. if he gets re-elected, he'll be right and the rest of us will be wrong. i mean, his view is all about a cynical, calculated approach. "the view" gets him more votes than meeting with 10 or 15 world leaders. and the fact that he's not doing his job is irrelevant. you have to divide it into two parts. there's winning the office and there is actually being president. he's clearly said if i can win the office, i don't care what the rest of you think. let me say, what should really deeply bother americans is how does all this play out in the rest of the world? imagine you were an ambassador trying to explain to the president of egypt or the president of china or the president of germany, the chancellor of germany, you know, the president can't meet with you because there's no time in his s
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there was a theme at the u.n. this week about creating a quartet of middle eastern countries that will oversee iran and these nuclear capabilities. one of my associates said that's completely off the table. my question is what did these guys accomplish the last two weeks? leaders from all around the world coming together at the u.n. for the general assembly, and we're still talking about the same issue. >> that's the message that netanyahu has right now. diplomacy, it's still under way, but it's not working to this point. you have to have other possibilities. that red line is the possibility he wants to see. >> meanwhile, investors focusing on the central bank easing around the world. another rally. rocking and rolling here with an 81-point rally in the dow. >> meanwhile, two technology companies with lots of questions surrounding their business model. we'll tell you which may be the better stock to own. is it yahoo! or facebook? >>> then, what should policy be tied to? we'll find out. >> and all you bachelors out
there was a theme at the u.n. this week about creating a quartet of middle eastern countries that will oversee iran and these nuclear capabilities. one of my associates said that's completely off the table. my question is what did these guys accomplish the last two weeks? leaders from all around the world coming together at the u.n. for the general assembly, and we're still talking about the same issue. >> that's the message that netanyahu has right now. diplomacy, it's still under way,...
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. >> jon: that the talk of-- you were at the u.n. today. does anyone-- is there any discussion amongst world leaders about the american president not being available for face-to-face meetings? is that not a-- is that upsetting? >> not that i heard, no. i think everybody's there preparing for their speeches and in side meets with other leaders. that was not an issue. >> jon: so we are, in fact, perhaps, in some respects blowing this out of proportion? >> most likely, probably. (laughter) >> jon: although inside it does hurt a little bit, doesn't it? (laughter) how are things? you are neighbors with-- for some perspective with our audience who believe you're somewhere off the coast of bermuda-- (laughter). you are bordered by iraq, syria-- >> yes. >> jon: israel and saudi arabia. >> egypt. >> jon: and egypt. so how are things? (laughter) >> we've seen better days. >> jon: you run a constitutional monarchy. >> that's right. >> jon: in the middle of the largest democratic i don't want to say uprising but transition in your part of the world. wh
. >> jon: that the talk of-- you were at the u.n. today. does anyone-- is there any discussion amongst world leaders about the american president not being available for face-to-face meetings? is that not a-- is that upsetting? >> not that i heard, no. i think everybody's there preparing for their speeches and in side meets with other leaders. that was not an issue. >> jon: so we are, in fact, perhaps, in some respects blowing this out of proportion? >> most likely,...
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then there are our interests, the u.n.'s anti-american bias is
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. >> u.n. member states have not been able to agree on definition of terrorism. >> definition of terrorism is very difficult thing. >> my own view quite frankly, terrorism is like pornography, you know what you see it. >> we have a defending right here. >> you can take it to them and show the general assembly. >> i'm sure they know the webster defending and it appears in other dictionaries. >> problem is defending that can be agreed to by everyone. >> webster's can do it. >> i don't know, if that is webster's. >>> joining me is the creator of you and me. i enjoyed the film but it was disturbing. you got the united nations that can't even define terrorism. our president goes to the u.n. and doesn't mention it but we got a dead ambassador to show for is be a undefineable cause. >> i tried to spoon feed it to the guy with dictionary. >> what was it that motivated to take on the united nations? >> it's interesting. there was a moment. i was sitting at home. i was watching a michael moore movie. i c
. >> u.n. member states have not been able to agree on definition of terrorism. >> definition of terrorism is very difficult thing. >> my own view quite frankly, terrorism is like pornography, you know what you see it. >> we have a defending right here. >> you can take it to them and show the general assembly. >> i'm sure they know the webster defending and it appears in other dictionaries. >> problem is defending that can be agreed to by everyone....
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benjamin netanyahu's speech to the u.n. if nothing else will be remembered for his looks like a cartoon bomb drawing the red line. some experts read the speech as actually softening the approach to obama. he said he appreciates the obama administration stance towards iron and seemed to be putting off any possible attack against iran into next spring or summer. is that the way you read his speech? >> he is responsible and is not going to go and insult the president of the united states. i thought it was a classic example of how the media gets things wrong. the medi media merittive. it was on the prompt page and around the world. and everybody wanted to talk vaguely about red lines and he explained why you cannot allow them to get downa certain point and you got to stop them before they can just flip the switch and go to a nuclear weapon. i thought it was a very effective speech and mitt romney should give a an importt foreign policy speech. there is too much focus on the media and coverup and who said what when. talk about t
benjamin netanyahu's speech to the u.n. if nothing else will be remembered for his looks like a cartoon bomb drawing the red line. some experts read the speech as actually softening the approach to obama. he said he appreciates the obama administration stance towards iron and seemed to be putting off any possible attack against iran into next spring or summer. is that the way you read his speech? >> he is responsible and is not going to go and insult the president of the united states. i...
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i thought the most interesting theme from u.n. besides b.b. and the bomb was the debate over free speech between the west and muslim world. i think the administration has been weak on this, and the administration should be leading a western block that is as coherent and committed to free speech as the muslim block is to trying to impose blasphemy lous. >> the president made that point in his speech -- >> not enough. >> that offensive speech should be created with nor speech. this is not the tradition in that part of the world. we can't expect them -- >> we played footsie with this effort. we have played footsie with this effort. >> we played footsie with the dictators too. >> the reaction to the video has been shameful. >> i think it's my turn to speak. >> the video justifies any of this that happened over there. you are taking the videomaker at midnight for questioning down at the police station? >> are you finished with your soap box yet, rich? >> exactly the wrong signal. >> are you defending that video? >> no i'm defending free speech. >>
i thought the most interesting theme from u.n. besides b.b. and the bomb was the debate over free speech between the west and muslim world. i think the administration has been weak on this, and the administration should be leading a western block that is as coherent and committed to free speech as the muslim block is to trying to impose blasphemy lous. >> the president made that point in his speech -- >> not enough. >> that offensive speech should be created with nor speech....
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all right guys the u.n. general assembly is finally coming to a close it's been a long week we've seen everything from a store called first speech by egypt's new president mohamed morsi to of course that infamous red line break down from israeli prime minister netanyahu but is it all just diplomatic theater or really is there ever any substance to it all here to break down the u.n. g.a. highlights and more i'm joined by our two correspondent on the stasi of church going to from our new york studio honestly let's start off by talking about you know the highlight of yesterday's u.n. g.a. of course bibi netanyahu point out that bomb chart essentially it was a low grade cartoon museum to explain how serious wrongs nuclear capacity is and i kind of wanted to show this tweet from journalist jeffrey goldberg of the atlantic which said none of this bomb cartoon is the middle east equivalent of clint eastwood's chair i mean when i see something like this. of rumsfeld putting out those those charts saying that this is
all right guys the u.n. general assembly is finally coming to a close it's been a long week we've seen everything from a store called first speech by egypt's new president mohamed morsi to of course that infamous red line break down from israeli prime minister netanyahu but is it all just diplomatic theater or really is there ever any substance to it all here to break down the u.n. g.a. highlights and more i'm joined by our two correspondent on the stasi of church going to from our new york...
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it's like i don't want to equate this to ahmadinejad saying in front of the u.n. saying iran's nuclear intentions are peaceful but there's a credibility gap here. >> going to believe m or your lying eyes, right,ris? >>t' aemblin because i think if you look at products that have been developed from a public relations perspective over the last few decades none has been better developed than the nfl and his remark may be apple but it is a remarkable how it's grown into the dominant sport thou m ming perspective. i just think at some point here they have to say, this is a bad pshg r move and cut a deal. >> let's hope before the weekend. thank you very much. thank you, chris cizilla, see you later, jeff goldberg, thank you very much. joing me in new york, dan ey campaign.s you were watching the game. what do you think? >> watched it with congressman ryan in cincinnati and had the same reaction he did. everyo in the room that were watching it were stunned. >> and in watching the united nations today and the president, the pside laiutgh line saying that containment is no
it's like i don't want to equate this to ahmadinejad saying in front of the u.n. saying iran's nuclear intentions are peaceful but there's a credibility gap here. >> going to believe m or your lying eyes, right,ris? >>t' aemblin because i think if you look at products that have been developed from a public relations perspective over the last few decades none has been better developed than the nfl and his remark may be apple but it is a remarkable how it's grown into the dominant...
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. >> chris: president obama is going to the u.n. general assembly this week but with the islamic world in flames the white house says he has no plans to have any private meetings with world leaders. why not? >> look, chris, we have schedules, leaders have schedules and in many cases those schedules aren't going to overlap. understand ambassador rice will be seeing people. secretary of state hillary clinton will be seeing people. and i think it is also important that we say this that let's not brand everything that is going on as muslims at large. this is clearly a small radical group of muslims that have perverted the muslim religion. they have killed more muslims than any other relidg religione they are trying to gain power and take it away from people like those in libya that want to see progressive democratic action and give people basic human rights. >> chris: i want to go back to the u.n., though, and new york this week. you say that he has got schedules and that foreign leaders have schedules. but the president has blocked out
. >> chris: president obama is going to the u.n. general assembly this week but with the islamic world in flames the white house says he has no plans to have any private meetings with world leaders. why not? >> look, chris, we have schedules, leaders have schedules and in many cases those schedules aren't going to overlap. understand ambassador rice will be seeing people. secretary of state hillary clinton will be seeing people. and i think it is also important that we say this that...
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the u.n. general assembly plans to discuss a series of international taxes among the global taxes being considered a 1% tax on billionaires around the world and a fee taxed on to airline tickets. >>> rising concerns of flooding in connecticut where residents on the shoreline are using rowboats on flooded roads. many local businesses are already underway and it's a similar situation in midland, texas, where rescue workers are pulling stranded portists from - motorists from their cars. >>> the first presidential debate is four days away. the university of denver is making the final preps for the big night. right now both candidates will use part of this weekend to prepare. those are the top stories right now. back to you. >> peter, thank you very much. >> well, as calls for u.n. ambassador susan rice to resign surface in the republican ranks, democrats both in the obama administration and on the hill are coming to the ambassador's defense. molly hennenberg has the latest on this story. molly? >>
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it is worth notin a lot of thgsydto esidt oba's eech bore the u.n. and mitt romney's remarks on education, a lot of this stuff is things they actually said before but it takes greater importance given how close we are to the election, the first debate on october 3rd. but we're in atage where they're sayg so myifnt things b evethin matters. >> what about on some unprecedented level? is it fair to measure it at this point. twitter was not around. cable news is a who difrent beast, numbers -- just extraordary numbersnd er ote sos i fr to even measure how this is covered compared to even four years ago? >> you can't measure. so the news cles have also shrunken. you talk to the people at the obama campaign and wte hoe, a one o rns e whohey like to go before "the view" and go to "letterman," this is where all people get different news throughout the day, that that they're not watching broadca tv otug heable n th getng s man diffent sources of news out there, whether it's social media. you name it, tamron. so that really does kind of show you how diffuse in
it is worth notin a lot of thgsydto esidt oba's eech bore the u.n. and mitt romney's remarks on education, a lot of this stuff is things they actually said before but it takes greater importance given how close we are to the election, the first debate on october 3rd. but we're in atage where they're sayg so myifnt things b evethin matters. >> what about on some unprecedented level? is it fair to measure it at this point. twitter was not around. cable news is a who difrent beast, numbers...
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he told u.n. security council members that the conflict in syria was going from bad to worse and said that it is now threatening regional stability and international peace. despite that grim assessment, he said there was a possibility for hope to end the conflict, but really did not spell out how exactly he was going to try and bring that about. the ongoing conflict in syria is expected to dominate the agenda throughout the course of the week at the united nations. on wednesday, egypt's president mohamud morsi, who has already called for president bashar al assad to step down from power is expected to address the general assembly, where he is also expected to reiterate those calls once again. nbc news, cairo. >>> a radical muslim cleric has lost an eight-year battle against deportation to the u.s. abu hamza al masri is imprisoned in england on a variety of terror-related crimes. for nearly ten years, he has been fighting efforts to extradite him to the states. he is charged here with attempting to
he told u.n. security council members that the conflict in syria was going from bad to worse and said that it is now threatening regional stability and international peace. despite that grim assessment, he said there was a possibility for hope to end the conflict, but really did not spell out how exactly he was going to try and bring that about. the ongoing conflict in syria is expected to dominate the agenda throughout the course of the week at the united nations. on wednesday, egypt's...
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the u.n. is pushing should have all of us worrying. -[ taste buds ] donuts, donuts! -who are these guys? -oh, that's just my buds. -bacon. -my taste buds. -[ taste buds ] donuts. how about we try this new kind of fiber one cereal? you think you're going to slip some fiber by us? okay. ♪ fiber one is gonna make you smile. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing new fiber one nutty clusters and almonds. >> turns out iranians president ahmadnejad wasn't the only one saying crazy things at the u.n. this week. the u.n. general assembly putting a global tax on investing to flying on its agenda and toby, you say that would trigger a global meltdown how? >> well, simple, because this is the campbell's nose under the proverbial tent. an a tax on tax and a tax on preeting-- once you get that point it's like crack and these guys, this is what they're hoping for to get a sliver going and roll and roll and roll with people and what you have, you have inefficient money going into the government. excuse me, eff
the u.n. is pushing should have all of us worrying. -[ taste buds ] donuts, donuts! -who are these guys? -oh, that's just my buds. -bacon. -my taste buds. -[ taste buds ] donuts. how about we try this new kind of fiber one cereal? you think you're going to slip some fiber by us? okay. ♪ fiber one is gonna make you smile. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing new fiber one nutty clusters and almonds. >> turns out iranians president ahmadnejad wasn't the only one saying crazy things at the...
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russia and china have signed on to the u.n. security council resolution and they have signed on to present a unified front to the iranians in these talks. >> if the iranians were to come out and say they do have a nuclear weapons program or say they have nuclear weapons, rest assured, the isolation would intensify further and whatever tensions existed in the past would probably go away. i don't think iran would gain anything in particular. if one is pursuing a policy based on your assumption that they are doing this and eliminating all other possibilities and eliminating the policy options, i think that is a bigger problem now. both the eu, the u.s., and israel agreed that there is not a nuclear weapons program in iran right now and there is no decision in iran that has been made to build a nuclear weapon and they don't have one. mindful of that, we should be careful not to assume that this has taken place and act accordingly because that could end up playing into the prophecy. >> [inaudible] >> i was born in tehran. this has b
russia and china have signed on to the u.n. security council resolution and they have signed on to present a unified front to the iranians in these talks. >> if the iranians were to come out and say they do have a nuclear weapons program or say they have nuclear weapons, rest assured, the isolation would intensify further and whatever tensions existed in the past would probably go away. i don't think iran would gain anything in particular. if one is pursuing a policy based on your...
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u.n. security council remains divided over sanctions against damascus, which have been blocked by syrian allies. u.n. secretary-general ban ki- moon renewed his call for sanctions against syria. >> this is a serious and growing international -- that to international security. >> he said the council could no longer turn a blind eye to syria where he said the conflict has claimed 27,000 lives. u.s. president barack obama also condemned the violence. >> in syria, the future must not belong to a dictator who massacres his people. if there is a cause that cries out for protest in the world today -- peaceful protest -- it is a region that tortures children and shoot rockets at apartment buildings. >> but the west and its allies are still caught in a deadlock with syria's partners, china and russia. obama also stressed that chinese ally iran must not be allowed to create nuclear weapons. that is a position that germany shares. >> on the one hand, we are ready for in-debt discussions and negotiati
u.n. security council remains divided over sanctions against damascus, which have been blocked by syrian allies. u.n. secretary-general ban ki- moon renewed his call for sanctions against syria. >> this is a serious and growing international -- that to international security. >> he said the council could no longer turn a blind eye to syria where he said the conflict has claimed 27,000 lives. u.s. president barack obama also condemned the violence. >> in syria, the future must...
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the u.n. general assembly is in full throttle this week bringing to the stage the leaders who could together decide the fate of middle eastern stability today we hear from president obama and tomorrow we'll hear from both iran's awkward energy and egypt's first democratically elected leader mohamed morsi it's very powerful international stage indeed but rhetoric aside are there consistent underlying factors that will completely undermine a lasting peace joining me now to discuss more about foreign policy and how could impact the potential for positive u.s. relations with the middle east and joined by the director of new internationalism project at the institute for policy studies phyllis bennis thanks for coming on good to be with you today so we just saw netanyahu kind of making the talk show circuit really with some hard rhetoric about how the u.s. needs to elect a leader that takes a red line with iran's nuclear capabilities and kind of dove tailing off of that i want to play just a clip fr
the u.n. general assembly is in full throttle this week bringing to the stage the leaders who could together decide the fate of middle eastern stability today we hear from president obama and tomorrow we'll hear from both iran's awkward energy and egypt's first democratically elected leader mohamed morsi it's very powerful international stage indeed but rhetoric aside are there consistent underlying factors that will completely undermine a lasting peace joining me now to discuss more about...
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he'll be speaking at the u.n. he, of course, is feeling a real sense of urp jency regarding iran's nuclear program these days. he's certainly pushing president obama to set that red line on iran. he has a lot of concerns related to that. and on thursday as well, all eyes will be on iowa. that's where early voting begins just 40 days before the election. both the democrats and republicans can actually start filling out those absentee ballots in iowa. we've got much more ahead on "cnn sunday morning," which starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we cannot lehtonen discourage us from casting our ball lots. >>> 73 million eligible voters who aren't registered to vote. now both parties are racing to get them to the polls and win em over to their side. >>> only 20 years old and already a cnn hero. how one young woman has create add million girl revolution. >>> these may be the tiniest houses you've ever seen, but they're not for show. for some, they're home. >>> good morning, earn. i'm randi kaye. t
he'll be speaking at the u.n. he, of course, is feeling a real sense of urp jency regarding iran's nuclear program these days. he's certainly pushing president obama to set that red line on iran. he has a lot of concerns related to that. and on thursday as well, all eyes will be on iowa. that's where early voting begins just 40 days before the election. both the democrats and republicans can actually start filling out those absentee ballots in iowa. we've got much more ahead on "cnn sunday...
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today at a protest near the u.n. former mayor rudy giuliani said president obama betrayed the people of iran by not doing more to support their freedoms. strong words. spoke to mayor rudy giuliani moments ago. you have been critical of the u.s. policy toward iran. saying the obama administration has a cavalier attitude. how? >> the idea you are going to stop them from becoming nuclear by just saying things like all options are on the table -- >> isn't that what mitt romney said, all options are on the table. >> mitt romney is not the president of the united states. the president of the united states should be communicating he will take military action. >> no person says we are going to bomb you. george w. bush said all options are on the table. >> reagan said he was going to take military action and pointed missiles and made it clear. >> so reagan said all options are on the table plenty of times. >> this was a long time ago when bush was dealing with iran. it was seven, eight, nine ten years away from becoming nucle
today at a protest near the u.n. former mayor rudy giuliani said president obama betrayed the people of iran by not doing more to support their freedoms. strong words. spoke to mayor rudy giuliani moments ago. you have been critical of the u.s. policy toward iran. saying the obama administration has a cavalier attitude. how? >> the idea you are going to stop them from becoming nuclear by just saying things like all options are on the table -- >> isn't that what mitt romney said, all...
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on way out of the u.n. he recognized a security guard from a previous visit and he said, you still rooting for the jets in he did not mention the refs but carney thinks both sides neat to get together and get the regular refs back in. i knew you wanted it know. >>shepard: i cannot think of anyone who doesn't want the refs back to work. >>reporter: paul ryan tried to say the replacement him of the president dealing with the economy and it is team to bring in a new team. i don't think the white house remembers. >>shepard: and new to judith miller, adjunct fellow at the manhattan institute. >>guest: it was the speech of a president running if re-election, not a hint of apology for america for the values in this speech, a lot of toughness, there was almost a focus only on the middle east and the muslim world. no mention of china, russia, the other trouble spots. it was all, fellow, here is what we expect of you. pull up your socks. let's cut the whining about outrage. look at your responsibilities to your peopl
on way out of the u.n. he recognized a security guard from a previous visit and he said, you still rooting for the jets in he did not mention the refs but carney thinks both sides neat to get together and get the regular refs back in. i knew you wanted it know. >>shepard: i cannot think of anyone who doesn't want the refs back to work. >>reporter: paul ryan tried to say the replacement him of the president dealing with the economy and it is team to bring in a new team. i don't think...